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Silvestre Vasquez
Silvestre Vasquez was a candidate for Trustee Area 7 representative on the ABC Unified School Board in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] Vasquez lost the election.[2]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Four of seven seats on the ABC Unified School Board were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held by district.[3]
Candidates Letty Mendoza and Greg Uttecht ran for the open Trustee Area 1 seat. The Trustee Area 2 race featured incumbent Maynard Law and challenger Latha Vasan. Incumbent Sophia Tse faced challenger Hugo Enciso in Trustee Area 5. Christopher Apodaca and Silvestre Vasquez ran for the open seat in Trustee Area 7.[1][4] Both incumbents won another term on the board. Mendoza and Apodaca were elected to the Trustee Area 1 and 7 seats, respectively.[2]
Jean McHatton originally filed to run in the Trustee Area 5 race, but she withdrew due to her father's failing health. Her name did not appear on the ballot.[5][6]
Results
| ABC Unified School District, Trustee Area 7, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Christopher Apodaca |
51.1% | 468 |
| Silvestre Vasquez | 48.9% | 448 |
| Total Votes | 916 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[7][8][9]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[10]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Vasquez received no official endorsements in this election.
Recent news
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See also
- ABC Unified School District, California
- ABC Unified School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ ABC Unified School District, "School Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jean McHatton," October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List of Qualified Candidates to appear on the ballot," accessed October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
| 2015 ABC Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Letty Mendoza • Greg Uttecht Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Maynard Law • Latha Vasan |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
